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World Snowboarding Championships Feb 2012
World Snowboard Guide
It is organized by Snowboard-VM 2012 AS – the local organizing company owned by The Arctic Challenge, The Norwegian Snowboard Federation and Oslo Vinterpark. The WSC got a full backing by the global snowboard community as expressed by the unanimous ...

Pique newsmagazine
Public money sweetens X Games bid
Pique newsmagazine
Whistler's bid is not to take the X Games from Aspen, Colorado, but rather to host a spin-off as ESPN expands the X Games globally and seeks to put action sports on the map year round. With significant resort funding now on the table — a quarter of a ...

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Owl Creek Chase to showcase elite skiers, community too
Snowmass Sun Online News
The finish is at the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club. “It's one of the few races in Colorado with a point-to-point nature,” Weiss said. “Its overwhelming characteristic is that it is a very hard course with a lot of elevation gained and lost.

Upstarts: CandyGrind
Transworld Business
By Mike Lewis By Michael Sudmeier Born in Colorado in 2007, CandyGrind has rapidly developed a following for its snow and skate-inspired apparel in its home state, and is gaining a strong f0llowing across the country for its well-designed lines and ...

Ricker returns to World Cup podium with third at Blue Mountain
The Province
Ricker continued her comeback from a 2010-11 season-ending injury Wednesday, finishing third in a World Cup snowboard cross race at Blue Mountain, near Collingwood, Ont. Montreal's Dominique Maltais won the race with Bulgaria's Alexandra Jekova ...

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USASA competitors heat up the rail in local competition
Tahoe Daily Tribune
Competitors have been accumulating points throughout the season in hopes of qualifying for the National Championships in Copper Mountain Colorado. Rail Jams are a new discipline for the USASA this year in addition to the more traditional events like ...

Ski Channel
K2 Donates Big to SOS Outreach Program
Ski Channel
Prices remain high to join the snow play, but Seattle based K2—who is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of ski and snowboard products—has just given $25000 to the youth development charity SOS Outreach, who help get youth from diverse ...
K2 Sports Donates $25K to Youth Charity SOS OutreachFreeskier Magazine

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Ski Channel
Featured Interview: Peter Kray, Author of American Snow
Ski Channel
His latest endeavor, "American Snow: The Snowsports Instruction Revolution" explores the historical role played by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI). The book takes readers on a ...

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Ricker returns to World Cup podium with third at Blue Mountain
The Province (blog)
Ricker continued her comeback from a 2010-11 season-ending injury Wednesday, finishing third in a World Cup snowboard cross race at Blue Mountain, near Collingwood, Ont. Montreal's Dominique Maltais won the race with Bulgaria's Alexandra Jekova ...

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Nine Eagle County schools receive state awards
Vail Daily News
EAGLE, Colorado — The Colorado Department of Education announced Wednesday that 171 schools in Colorado have been recognized with John Irwin Schools of Excellence Award, three from Eagle County Schools, and 192 schools around the state received the ...

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2011/12 Mid-Season Ski/Snowboard Update: Reasons for Optimism but Skier Days ...
Sacramento Bee
To illustrate the extremes being witnessed, Vail Ski Resort in Colorado received just 19 inches of snow through Christmas Day versus its longer-term average of 33 inches. This resulted in the latest opening for the mountain's "Back Bowls" in its ...

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FOXSports.com
Little call for change after skier's death
FOXSports.com
Pearce spent four months in hospitals, has undergone eye surgeries to recover his sight and equilibrium and recently got back on a snowboard for the first time, though his competitive career is over. These accidents might have rocked the tight-knit ...

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2011/12 Mid-Season Ski/Snowboard Update: Reasons for Optimism but Skier Days ...
MarketWatch (press release)
To illustrate the extremes being witnessed, Vail Ski Resort in Colorado received just 19 inches of snow through Christmas Day versus its longer-term average of 33 inches. This resulted in the latest opening for the mountain's "Back Bowls" in its ...

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Liberty's ski team soars
The-Burg
But the fluke weather has not hindered Liberty University's ski and snowboard team. On the synthetic slopes of Snowflex, the team can practice year-round, giving them a leg up on teams that rely on seasonal ski resorts. The sky is cloudless, ...

The Colorado Music Hall of Fame isn't the state's only claim to fame
Westword
... the Broadcast Professionals Hall of Fame, the Colorado 4-H Hall of Fame, the Colorado Community Hall of Fame, and many, many sports-related halls of fame, among them the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame, ...

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Gizmag
The Euphoria and Zelix are the first two boards to come out of Venture's Shape ...
Gizmag
With a growing focus on powder and backcountry riding, some of the snowboard designs that have come out over the past few seasons look more like original designs from the 60s and 70s than modern day equipment. They have swallowtails, pointy noses and ...

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CBS Local
Kids Overcome Disabilities By Hitting The Slopes
CBS Local
(CBS4) – Sometimes people in Colorado can take the mountains for granted, but a group of children will never forget their experience in the high country. The children are overcoming their disabilities by learning a new sport.

Snowsports Scene: Ski Design Is Evolving Rapidly
WISC Madison
“And nothing has been the same since people figured out that sliding down hills with sticks strapped to their feet could be a lot of fun,” says Nick Castagnoli, who lives in Utah and works for Rossignol, a French ski and snowboard maker.

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VAIL RESORTS, INC. : Beaver Creek Updated News and Events Sheet
4-traders (press release)
Vail Resorts' award winning and popular ski and snowboard application EpicMix, has new added functionality that revolutionizes the vacation photo experience. EpicMixlaunched during the 2010-2011 season, providing skiers and riders with hands- and ...

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GetSkiTickets.com Announces Discount Lift Tickets for Snowbird, Utah
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"A lot of companies feed off the ski industry, our goal at GetSkiTickets.com is to feed the industry", states Erika Troyer, Co-Owner of the company. "We enhance the ski industry by promoting ski and snowboard lessons for resorts across North America.

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